Tesla’s software lead is so big it should worry other automakers, AI expert says. According to Lex Fridman, a research scientist at MIT working on human-centered artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, Tesla’s software lead is so big it should worry other automakers and could even slow down the pace of innovation due to the lack [...]

Tesla Autopilot stopped for a rabbit on the road caught on video, owner claims. A Tesla owner shared a dash-cam video of his vehicle stopping in front of a rabbit on the road and he claims Tesla Autopilot saw the animal and initiated the maneuver to avoid hitting it. At a presentation about Tesla’s latest self-driving [...]

Nissan follows Tesla’s lead and drops LIDAR from autonomous cars. It looks like cameras, sonar and radar are the future of self-driving cars. Nissan follows Tesla’s lead and drops LIDAR from autonomous cars. Nissan has stepped away from using LIDAR in its self-driving car technologies in favour of using a camera-based approach like Tesla. The [...]

Magna’s new MAX4 self-driving platform offers autonomy up to Level 4. Top tier 1 automotive industry supplier Magna has introduced a new functional autonomous driving platform concept it’s showing off to automaker customers, which it says can work with any vehicle without impact to either car design or looks, and which can add scalable self-driving [...]